GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

[emphurent]

Some more photos of the Guelph double track to make up for the last update.

These are in order from Breslau to just about Shantz Station.

 

[Northern Light]

On my long walk yesterday, I pass under some GO Transit related construction. So here are 3 pics, from July 7th, 2023 (at Bloor)

 

[ProjectEnd]

You get the feeling it would offend Metrolinx to actually do some goddamn work every once in awhile. Wednesday morning, 9:30am, beautiful, cool, day. Crickets. Not a single person on site. This is absolutely embarrassing.

 

[crs1026]

^What is the daily rental rate on that piledriver? I understand the need for float in the schedule, but at some point, somebody is paying to have all that work equipment sit around. You can't park work equipment for free.

- Paul

 

[cplchanb]

You get the feeling it would offend Metrolinx to actually do some goddamn work every once in awhile. Wednesday morning, 9:30am, beautiful, cool, day. Crickets. Not a single person on site. This is absolutely embarrassing.

Thats what you get when society is so obsessed with white collar IT, finance, medical jobs. we will be 1m short of skilled workers nationally within the next few years.
its a shame that these jobs are stigmatised as being performed by lower classes of society even though plumbers and welders get paid much more than many white collared equivalents

 

[Northern Light]

Thats what you get when society is so obsessed with white collar IT, finance, medical jobs. we will be 1m short of skilled workers nationally within the next few years.
its a shame that these jobs are stigmatised as being performed by lower classes of society even though plumbers and welders get paid much more than many white collared equivalents

While we are indeed short of trades people, and stigma has something to do with it........though I wouldn't overplay that as the primary issue.........

There is already a contract let here, and its the responsibility of a contractor to have their subs/staff on a project site gettin' er' done.......

Its also the responsibility of the client, particularly when they are a large institutional client not to put up w/BS.

The delays here, are not a simple matter of a labour shortage.

 

[cplchanb]

While we are indeed short of trades people, and stigma has something to do with it........though I wouldn't overplay that as the primary issue.........

There is already a contract let here, and it the responsibility of a contractor to have their subs/staff on a project site gettin' er' done.......

Its also the responsibility of the client, particularly when they are a large institutional client not to put up w/BS.

The delays here, are not a simply matter of a labour shortage.

I meant more as a symbolic gesture, but yes this is more on the contractor being novices in efficiently scheduling their crews. This is just the same for the viva rapidways curb replacement they ripped everything out and it sat still, almost abandoned for months before they touched it again...

 

[rbt]

^What is the daily rental rate on that piledriver? I understand the need for float in the schedule, but at some point, somebody is paying to have all that work equipment sit around. You can't park work equipment for free.

Occasionally the daily fee is mostly removed (they'll charge for use but not for storage) if the vendor doesn't have another customer lined up yet. Basically, they store it in your yard instead of their own with expectations they can ship directly to the next customer in the near future.

 

[drum118]

Thats what you get when society is so obsessed with white collar IT, finance, medical jobs. we will be 1m short of skilled workers nationally within the next few years.
its a shame that these jobs are stigmatised as being performed by lower classes of society even though plumbers and welders get paid much more than many white collared equivalents

Since I started to work and up today, we have to bring in people off shore to do the dirty work as most of the NA populations want no part of it and are looking for clean hand jobs that pay a ton of money considering a number of can't do the work in the first place..

I walked down Hurontario to Dundas St today and saw a lot of equipment that supposed to be doing work with no one working at any of the dozen locations. There was a police car at Dundas for the work there with no one in it or on the site at all. This was at 2pm

There is a labour shortage today and it only going get worse until 2040/50 as the population retires.

As for renting equipment's, there are many options how it done to the point it cheaper to rent than buy as you need someone on your payroll to deal with the various issues that will arise over time to be fix. Need a place to store it, equipment to move it. The rental company has all cost built into the rental cost. Equipment is rented by the week, month or yearly based on the timetable for work.

 

[Garuda]

Construction updates on the Kitchener Line.

Starting at Guelph Central and moving westward towards the Guelph Junction

 

[Garuda]

Breaslau and Kitchener Central work

 

[drum118]

Rode TTC 32 eastbound today past Mount Dennis Station and the new GO Station still has a lot of flashing still to be done. In one way, I would say very little has taken place in the last few months since I saw it first hand. Need to have closure look to make sure. If I have time on Friday before I leave for Montreal, will take a look at it.

 

[afransen]

Since I started to work and up today, we have to bring in people off shore to do the dirty work as most of the NA populations want no part of it and are looking for clean hand jobs that pay a ton of money considering a number of can't do the work in the first place..

Can you really blame people for not wanting to work dirty or unpleasant jobs that pay less than the alternatives?

 

[robmausser]

Breaslau and Kitchener Central work
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On reddit people were complaining about how packed the GO buses and trains are right now on off peak and weekends to Kitchener. Its just nice to hear that this stuff will be used and its not some government make work project. Can't come soon enough for this line.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Holy shit! [some] Progress!